Jonathan Cape — Thirty Bedford Square, London
Characters
| Bill Carmody | |
| Mary | } |
| Nora | } his children |
| Tom | } |
| Billy | } |
| Doctor Gaynor | |
| Fred Nicholls | |
| Eileen Carmody, | Bill’s eldest child |
| Stephen Murray | |
| Miss Howard, | a nurse in training |
| Miss Gilpin, | superintendent of the Infirmary |
| Doctor Stanton, | of the Hill Farm Sanatorium |
| Doctor Simms, | his assistant |
| Mr. Sloan | |
| Peters, | a patient |
| Mrs. Turner, | matron of the Sanatorium |
| Miss Bailey | } |
| Mrs. Abner | } Patients |
| Flynn | } |
| Other Patients of the Sanatorium | |
| Mrs. Brennan |
(The characters are named in the order in which they appear)
Act One
Scene One: The Kitchen of the Carmody Home—Evening.
Scene Two: The Reception Room of the Infirmary, Hill Farm Sanatorium—An Evening a Week Later.
Act Two
Scene One: Assembly Room of the Main Building at the Sanatorium—A Morning Four Months Later.
Scene Two: A Crossroads Near the Sanatorium—Midnight of the Same Day.
Act Three
An Isolation Room and Porch at the Sanatorium—An Afternoon Four Months Later.
Time—1910